Orange UK pushing preparatory Éclair update for HTC Hero

Android 2.1 may finally be hitting Orange HTC Hero users very soon as the preliminary update is rolling out to all handsets as we speak. This follows many angry Orange customers complaining about how long this update has taken.

This preliminary update basically gets the Hero ready to receive the full Android 2.1 firmware. We don’t know when the latter part of the update will come through, however sit tight, it can’t be too long now.

My Hero became almost unusable last week, being unresponsive when making/receiving calls, using apps, etc, so I gave up waiting for Orange and rooted it (using a VillainRom kitchen rom). I can’t believe I didn’t do this sooner – now the Hero just flies along.

I’m sure Orange have their reasons for delaying the release of Eclair but I’m not sure I can see any reason not to root.

Joff – you should check the amount of system memory available. If this becomes too low then the phone will grind to a halt.. I had this happen once, then installed the intermediary update from Orange and my phone has been good ever since. Admittedly I don’t install a great number of apps, but most were installed and then not really used anyway.

On Orange, set date to Aug and update is being installed… Just hope it doesn’t remove all of my contacts…

Rahahahaha…. can’t believe there are still people out there waiting for 2.1!? I got fed up and rooted, now running Froydvillain 1.1.1. Froyo is amazing! If you want Sense UI then get villainRom12 which runs 2.1. Hurry up and riot your phone people!